An interface engine for implementing medical information bus (MIB) topology

Author

Glenn, Shaun J. ; Donnelly, Michael M.

Author_Institution

Cincinnati Univ., OH, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

1994

Firstpage

1396

Abstract

The Medical Information Bus (MIB) or IEEE P1073 refers to the proposed family of digital network communication standards which would allow vendor-independent interconnection and interoperation of patient monitors, life support equipment, laboratory analyzers, and health care computer systems (see IEEE Standards Project P1073 Medical Information Bus. Proposed Standards Documents: P1073.1, P1073.2, P1073.3, P1073.4). The authors have designed, developed, and installed thirty neonatal bedside interface controllers (NBIC) in each of two neonatal intensive care units. The NBIC´s acquire, integrate, and display comprehensive patient data at the bedside by using an interconnection topology which is similar to that of the MIB

Keywords

system buses; comprehensive patient data display; digital network communication standards family; equipment interoperation; health care computer systems; interconnection topology; interface engine; laboratory analyzers; life support equipment; medical information bus topology implementation; neonatal bedside interface controllers; neonatal intensive care units; patient monitors; vendor-independent interconnection; Communication standards; Communication system control; Computer displays; Computer networks; Engines; Information analysis; Medical control systems; Medical services; Pediatrics; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2050-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1994.415490

Filename

415490